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When did I say they are the root cause? Are you familiar with Sheehan? I think you're conflating natural stuttering disfluencies with blocking, which is not a natural stuttering disfluency....

Yeah, i never said stuttering is caused by psychology. But blocking is not stuttering. Blocking is literally **not stuttering** it is sort of like a secondary behavior. You block because you're not le...

Blocks are a learned behavior caused by the approach-avoidance conflict. You block on sounds you anticipate stuttering on because you don't want to stutter / are afraid of how it'll sound, but at the...

Honestly the easiest way is to talk to yourself like make up random situations but its important to make peace with it otherwise itll make you mad which will make it harder for you to talk its basical...

First of all, do not feel embarrassed, know that you are AWESOME. Secondly, this is all about education. Have a heart to heart conversation with your mom about Stuttering. PWS are creative, re...

Balancing between over preparing and under preparing

Balancing between over preparing and under preparing Hey guys, I have a problem that I am unable to figure out how to navigate. At work during calls when I have to give a presentation or lead a meetin...

I always do that, then random birds and squirrels come and join. Do I qualify to be a Disney princess? /s No seriously, sometime when I’m stuck, I just connect what I’m saying together as if I’m sing...

Just need to vent

Just need to vent So tonight I was trying to tell my mom how when I let the dog outside, she usually comes back to the door with her kong. The times she doesn’t, if I ask her “where’s your toy? Where ...

Hey mate, I relate with you 100%! I'm an Account Manager working for a big Telecoms firm in the UK. I also have a stutter, I don't really stutter on words but sometimes I have really terrible speech ...

I’ve had various moments like this during life, and what helps the most is re-examining my limiting beliefs and intentions. Do you believe people will think less of you if you stutter? Is your intent...

I can relate so much with knowing what to say but choosing to pretend that you don’t have any idea just to escape from stuttering. I’ve had several occasions when in a meeting that I just can’t expres...

Contemplating to resign due to stuttering

Contemplating to resign due to stuttering I'm so frustrated and I want it to stop. To give you a background about me, I'm working as an auditor in a Big 4 firm in the US. Currently, I'm handling a b...

It may even be the other way around. At least in my case when i speak intuitively aka just blurt words out i never stutter.When i think about a word i get minor blocks yet when i fear or overthink so...

Not in day to day conversation, just whenever I need to say my name. It works roughly 75% of the time, which I'll take all day long. As an example, I used to use this method a lot in college. At the...

When they asked what my greatest weakness was I did say my stutter because sometimes it stops me from being able to properly communicate...

I’d like to say so, I was able to think of some quick answers just wasn’t able to say them very quickly.....

Dude, preach. It really sucks because even tho i try not to think about it. It’s a huge disability for me and I’ve had really interesting things to share wit my class or co workers. But I can never ga...

genuinely nervous

genuinely nervous ***Stuttering is not the problem, the fear of it is ! That consumes oneself like anything. The long, hard and awkward gazes of people unknown. The long silences between two words. T...

I have the same huge problem with jokes. I recently just got an acute onset stutter and before I would crack jokes all the time. Now I feel like my stuttering ruins it....

Hey OP! I stutter, and I work in a call center. I've been with my current company since April 2012, and I worked in one for 2 years before that. I don't do calls anymore as I'm in a manager role, but...